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Arab Americans endorse “Amo Bernie” in Michigan and Illinois primary elections

Posted on March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Arab Americans endorse “Amo Bernie” in Michigan and Illinois primary elections
Arab Americans endorse “Amo Bernie” in Michigan and Illinois primary elections

Arab Americans endorse “Amo Bernie” in Michigan and Illinois primary elections Arab Americans in key states including Michigan, Illinois and Ohio endorse Jewish American Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the March 10 and March 17 Democratic primary elections against rival Joe Biden, who describes himself as “a Zionist.” #AmoBernie #Election #Michigan #Illinois Major Arab-American…

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The Squad VS Ethnocracy by Trump and Tribe

Posted on July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on The Squad VS Ethnocracy by Trump and Tribe
The Squad VS Ethnocracy by Trump and Tribe

The Squad refers to House Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. and llhan Omar, D-Minn. An ethnocracy is the opposite of a democracy that arises when one particular group seizes control of the government in order to enforce a regime of privilege over a multi-ethnic or multi-religious society. By Eileen Fleming The Squad of…

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Historical Fiction and Nakba

Posted on May 12, 2019June 12, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Historical Fiction and Nakba
Historical Fiction and Nakba

The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known as the Nakba (Arabic: النكبة‎, al-Nakbah, literally “disaster”, “catastrophe”, or “cataclysm”),occurred when more than half of the indigenous Palestinian population were driven from their homes between December 1947 through January 1949, resulting in the destruction of 600 Palestinian villages in the Holy Land. Historical fiction is a literary genre in which…

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The Balfour Declaration and Brother Harold

Posted on March 19, 2017March 19, 2017 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on The Balfour Declaration and Brother Harold
The Balfour Declaration and Brother Harold

The Balfour Declaration of 1917 was the first international recognition of the Zionist movement The Balfour Declaration promised a Jewish state in the land of Palestine Thus Palestine has always been within the belly of Israel By Eileen Fleming In recognition of the Balfour Declaration’s 100th anniversary this year, British Prime Minister Theresa May told the Conservative…

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Trump and Clinton Connections to LBJ and the USS Liberty

Posted on October 8, 2016October 9, 2016 By Eileen Fleming 2 Comments on Trump and Clinton Connections to LBJ and the USS Liberty
Trump and Clinton Connections to LBJ and the USS Liberty

After Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton separately and privately met with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister noted, “It doesn’t matter which of them will be elected, US support of Israel will remain strong, our pact will remain strong and will even get stronger in the coming years.” Trump also promised that under his administration, the United…

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All Veterans 34th Reunion Dishonors USS Liberty

Posted on September 23, 2016September 25, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on All Veterans 34th Reunion Dishonors USS Liberty
All Veterans 34th Reunion Dishonors USS Liberty

President of USS Liberty Veterans Association Ernest Gallo wrote regarding the latest dishonoring of the USS Liberty: This time by “head honchos” at Howard County Vietnam Veterans, Inc. in Greentown, Indiana. Gallo emailed under Subject: USS Liberty Not Wanted Sept. 15 -18 Glenn & Merrilee Oliphant, honorary crewman ‪Ted Arens and wife Pam, Patricia and…

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Pennsylvania Legislators Claim USS Liberty Veterans and Friends are Bigots

Posted on May 21, 2016October 9, 2016 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Pennsylvania Legislators Claim USS Liberty Veterans and Friends are Bigots
Pennsylvania Legislators Claim USS Liberty Veterans and Friends are Bigots

A bigot is a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions. State Rep. Stan Saylor is one of the most vocal of the Pennsylvania House and Senate reps to claim that USS Liberty Survivors and Friends of the Liberty are bigots. By Eileen Fleming On April 5, Alison Weir of IfAmericansKnew received THIS…

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Clear Channel Outdoor Dishonors USS LIBERTY Veterans and Friends

Posted on April 23, 2016April 23, 2016 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Clear Channel Outdoor Dishonors USS LIBERTY Veterans and Friends
Clear Channel Outdoor Dishonors USS LIBERTY Veterans and Friends

Clear Channel Outdoor is one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies with more than 675,000 displays reaching more than half a billion people in more than 40 countries on five continents each month. By Eileen Fleming Clear Channel in Orlando now joins OutFront Media in dishonoring USS Liberty Veterans and Friends First Amendment Rights…

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USS Liberty, Outfront Media and The First Amendment

Posted on April 10, 2016June 12, 2019 By Eileen Fleming 2 Comments on USS Liberty, Outfront Media and The First Amendment
USS Liberty, Outfront Media and The First Amendment

The USS Liberty is the most decorated ship in the US Navy for a single action The USS Liberty survivors have been engaged in a raging First Amendment battle ever since that day in infamy when Israel targeted and attacked America’s premier spy ship as it navigated in international waters on 8 June 1967. By…

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Video: Execution in Cold Blood !!

Posted on March 24, 2016March 25, 2016 By rayhanania No Comments on Video: Execution in Cold Blood !!
Video: Execution in Cold Blood !!

This video was captured by Emad abu-Shamsiyah, a Palestinian resident from Hebron as he watched and documented the zionist crime today Thursday March. 24th ’16. A zionist soldier shooting an injured Palestinian in the head. It seems to be that it is a zionist habit to “finish” the injured Palestinians as no one seemed to…

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BDS Activists Combat BDS ACT of 2016

Posted on February 25, 2016September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on BDS Activists Combat BDS ACT of 2016
BDS Activists Combat BDS ACT of 2016

The Combatting BDS Act of 2016 seeks to encourage and authorize state legislation to divest state funds from companies that boycott Israel. By Eileen Fleming The Combatting BDS Act of 2016 [S. 2531/H.R. 4514] was introduced on 10 February 2016. On Tuesday in Colorado human rights activists seized their First Amendment rights to enlighten their…

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Witch-hunts, USS LIBERTY and If Americans Only Knew!

Posted on July 10, 2015September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 2 Comments on Witch-hunts, USS LIBERTY and If Americans Only Knew!
Witch-hunts, USS LIBERTY and If Americans Only Knew!

The latest witch-hunt to discredit Alison Weir, [founder and executive director of If Americans Knew and president of the Council for the National Interest] is disgracing her attackers as it underscores the dire need to educate Americans: In particular our elected representatives regarding Israel’s attack on the USS LIBERTY; which this activist reporter contends is…

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Hillary Clinton for President United States of Zionism

Posted on July 6, 2015September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Hillary Clinton for President United States of Zionism
Hillary Clinton for President United States of Zionism

In her July 2nd declaration, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wrote Israeli-American businessman and donor Haim Saban, expressing “alarm” over BDS and affirming her dedication to always “stand up for Israel” if she becomes president. By Eileen Fleming In 2006, Dr. Ilan Pappe informed this reporter: When Zionism began in the 19th century it…

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A home denied: the Zionist ethnic cleansing of Palestine

Posted on June 28, 2015July 3, 2015 By Jafar Ramini 1 Comment on A home denied: the Zionist ethnic cleansing of Palestine
A home denied: the Zionist ethnic cleansing of Palestine

A home denied. Looking back at the truth of Zionism and its leaders in ethnically cleansing Christian and Muslims from Palestine to create their exclusive state, Israel. By Jafar M. Ramini They came uninvited. The Zionist zealots arrived on our shores with the Bible in one hand and a machine gun in the other. They…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Jafar Ramini, Palestine & Jordan, religion

Arab and Israelis journalists analyze the Israeli elections

Posted on March 31, 2015 By rayhanania No Comments on Arab and Israelis journalists analyze the Israeli elections
Arab and Israelis journalists analyze the Israeli elections

Journalists Mohammed Najib based in Ramallah and Seth Frantzman offer their analysis of the March 17, 2015 Israeli elections and what they mean. Najib, a Palestinian based in Ramallah, Palestine, and Frantzman, an Israeli based in Jerusalem, each discuss what they believe is the significance of the elections, the potential outcomes and the surprise performance…

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Healing Gaza Palestine Israel with Yoga and Physicians for Social Responsibility

Posted on January 18, 2015September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Healing Gaza Palestine Israel with Yoga and Physicians for Social Responsibility
Healing Gaza Palestine Israel with Yoga and Physicians for Social Responsibility

By Eileen Fleming Ned Rosch, a certified yoga teacher and graduate of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine’s “Healing the Wounds of War,” program said he “was raised in a traditional Zionist Jewish home and torn apart by an internal conflict between my increasingly progressive politics and my Zionist upbringing.  Ultimately, I realized I needed to…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Eileen Fleming, Health, Palestine & Jordan

Zionism is the cause of Middle East violence

Posted on January 12, 2015January 12, 2015 By Jafar Ramini 2 Comments on Zionism is the cause of Middle East violence
Zionism is the cause of Middle East violence

By Jafar M. Ramini In the last 125 years, Zionism has enjoyed what I would call ‘a golden age’. They had a plan. They had the finances. They had the cunning. They had brute force and they were not bashful about using it. A group of Atheists looking for a destination to put down roots…

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Arab World, Bloggers, Commentary, Israel, Jafar Ramini, Palestine & Jordan, Spotlight

Christian Arab presence in Bethlehem in Crisis

Posted on September 9, 2014November 30, 2020 By rayhanania No Comments on Christian Arab presence in Bethlehem in Crisis
Christian Arab presence in Bethlehem in Crisis

Christian Arab presence in Bethlehem in Crisis By Ray Hanania The issue of Christians in the Holy Land continues to be a topic that is twisted and distorted for political purposes with Muslims and Jews both arguing they do more for the increasingly deteriorating presence in traditionally Christian areas like Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour in the Israeli…

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